attachment for cutting brush alongside trail?

[hobbyfarm]

Hey jeffinsgf,
Don't forget the orange of <font color="orange">ECHO</font> /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
They are awesome too!

 

[KiotiJohn]

Duke! 60 posts, and you don't know what a toothbar is?
SHAME SHAME, you have NOT been paying attention to the 10,000 posts that have been made about these wonderful, inexpensive additions that make your loader into a dirt digging, brush loading, root getting animal.
Seriously, you'll be amazed at how much better you can use your loader with a toothbar on. Two bolts on and off, and you can still use it the normal way for smoothing.
I'm not picking on you, I just find it hard to believe anyone could have missed all the posts about this little jewel! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Get you one. You'll be glad you did. Do a search in all forums, choose all posts and simply enter the search term "toothbar" and be prepared to spend the night.
John

 

[Tom_H]

Let's go easy on him now. We were all green behind the ears at one point. John is right about the toothbar though Duke. It's probably the most bang for the buck of anything you can buy.

 

[KiotiJohn]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Let's go easy on him now. We were all green behind the ears at one point. John is right about the toothbar though Duke. It's probably the most bang for the buck of anything you can buy. )</font>
No way Tom! I'm going to Washington to lobby for a law against missing the toothbar posts! Had it been just about any other implement or attachment, I might have been more forgiving, but Toothbar? No way! What's more, I'm calling the mattress police as well because I'm just sure he's removed the tag from his mattress as well! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
John

 

[penokee]

I'd hit it with "Roundup" after you get it cut. If it's later in the suimmer/early fall, brush/spray concentrated Roundup on the stems and they wont sprout the next year - sucks it down into the roots.
penokee /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Tom_H]

Interesting, I've never heard that before. Every pro I've ever talked to or worked with says it has to be absorbed by the leaves, where it is metabolized, then transported from the leaves, through the phloem, to the roots, where it basically "turns off" the root functions. That's what the instructions say as well. I've never tried spraying it on bark, limbs, or open stem cuts, as the pros have always said that it won't work that way. Have you actually done this and had success, or are you just guessing or repeating what you heard somewhere? Can you cite any literature to support what you've said?

 

[SCB]

Tom,
I don't have any literature to cite, but I do it just like Penokee says. Works like a charm for me. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[jeffinsgf]

Missouri Dept of Conservation just visited my place with me and specifically said that Roundup will not work on stumps. Suggested something called "Brushmaster". She said to paint a little on locust and multiflora rose stems after brush cutting.

 

[Tom_H]

That's really interesting. I know it does work on leaves, but never have tried it any other way because of what I've read and been told. I wonder if maybe some types of plants can absorb it through cuts and others not, due to differing cell structure and whether the correct enzymes are present to metabolize it and conduct it down to the roots? I'm going to have to do a little experimenting now and see what happens. Thanks guys.

 

[hobbyfarm]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Lastly I am adding an FEl for other tasks, so maybe it will help out some.
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Shoot yeah, limited only by your imagination....

Hmmm... strap in a lawn chair to the bucket...add a seat belt...have wifey drive me slowly down the trail with bladed trimmer to karate-chop anything I want to prune. Yeah, yeah that's the ticket /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

(at least after the price of the FEL, the price is right to trim a mile of trails occasionally)

 

[hobbyfarm]

Oh, yeah, the disclaimer

"blah, blah, blah - legalese, blah - at your own risk, blah, blah, appropriate safety equipment, blah, blah common sense, blah, blah, no alcohol, blah............. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

<font color="blue">That was hard for you to say!</font>

 

[dukenyc]

I am going to get a Stihl brushcutter and a pole saw. That, combined with the tractor mounted brush hog and possible fel w/ toothbar is probably the best combo.

Thank you for all of the replies.